2010
Last year I did a big thing about not only how 2009 went for me, but also the best and worst films I saw that year.
I don't really want to do the film thing again, because I didn't see anything offensivly bad this year to use as the Worst Film, so I will just say that Toy Story 3 and Scott Pilgrim Vs The World are tied for my favourite film of the year.
I felt I grew up a lot this year, likely due to being in uni, where you need to be able to fend for yourself. Not only that, it's a very different social experience to school. In school, it's easy enough to know everyone in your year group, and everyone wears a uniform. At uni there's no proper year group nor would it be possible to know everyone in it. Plus you get a lot more self-expression as people get to wear whatever they want. So I got to be more social-I went out a bit more than usual-and somehow evolved a proper fashion sense.
There was also the matter of seeking actual employment. After getting rather badly done-by in one gig, I swore off trying to get positions in fast-food resturants ever again and went after retail positions. This didn't deliver success, so I went looking for volunteer positions. Now I have one, and it's brilliant. Things are looking up.
Despite maturing in social terms, my new years resolution is that I want to become less shy. I'm not that shy to begin with, but when you start meeting new people, sometimes you think that you like one or a few more than usual, and then you find you can't stop thinking about them-and then you realise you're nursing a crush on them. The problem for me is working up the courage to try and start more of a relationship, even if it isn't immediately, or ever, about love. It's just a bit intimidating to try, for reasons I'm not exactly sure of. The trick is, I suppose, to not force the issue, otherwise the whole thing dies. I'll work it out eventually.
To 2011, and all that it holds!
I don't really want to do the film thing again, because I didn't see anything offensivly bad this year to use as the Worst Film, so I will just say that Toy Story 3 and Scott Pilgrim Vs The World are tied for my favourite film of the year.
I felt I grew up a lot this year, likely due to being in uni, where you need to be able to fend for yourself. Not only that, it's a very different social experience to school. In school, it's easy enough to know everyone in your year group, and everyone wears a uniform. At uni there's no proper year group nor would it be possible to know everyone in it. Plus you get a lot more self-expression as people get to wear whatever they want. So I got to be more social-I went out a bit more than usual-and somehow evolved a proper fashion sense.
There was also the matter of seeking actual employment. After getting rather badly done-by in one gig, I swore off trying to get positions in fast-food resturants ever again and went after retail positions. This didn't deliver success, so I went looking for volunteer positions. Now I have one, and it's brilliant. Things are looking up.
Despite maturing in social terms, my new years resolution is that I want to become less shy. I'm not that shy to begin with, but when you start meeting new people, sometimes you think that you like one or a few more than usual, and then you find you can't stop thinking about them-and then you realise you're nursing a crush on them. The problem for me is working up the courage to try and start more of a relationship, even if it isn't immediately, or ever, about love. It's just a bit intimidating to try, for reasons I'm not exactly sure of. The trick is, I suppose, to not force the issue, otherwise the whole thing dies. I'll work it out eventually.
To 2011, and all that it holds!